I Don't Agree to the Terms

Chapter 888 470: My Master Is a God Demon, So I'm Arrogant—What Can You Do About It! _2

"If that's the case, let's find out the truth through action." The Eldest Prince Consort knew that the negotiations had collapsed.

Thus, she rose without hesitation, leaving without a trace of reluctance.

After the Eldest Prince Consort and the Imperial Grandson left, the street naturally emerged from its state of lockdown.

"Why not just kill them? Letting them go will only cause more trouble later." Qing Feng asked.

"These two are just fools. Their tricks are nothing more than minor cleverness unfit for the grand stage. It's not that I don't want anything; she simply isn't worthy."

"Our target has never been the Eldest Prince Consort; it has always been Emperor Xuan."

Ming Yue said as he took out a piece of paper, with densely packed words written on it.

"You're sly." Qing Feng certainly knew what it was: the "Xuantian Treasure Record," and it was a translated version.

"Hehe, let's see if we can get our hands on the other two Strange Books." Ming Yue wasn't foolish either; once he got the books, he could enjoy some good meals.

He was actually betting that Emperor Xuan had no idea that the key to breaking through to God Demon wasn't the content of the Strange Books, but the vessel itself.

Gu Shanhai also mentioned that the Three Strange Books could actually be pieced together to form an entirely new Cultivation Technique, which Ming Yue planned to exchange for information with Emperor Xuan.

Of course, if things really didn't work out, he could still offer God Demon translations as a business service.

As for other matters, he didn't care much. Troubles might arise, but as long as he shouted, "My master is a God Demon," many troubles wouldn't be trouble at all.

Under the power of a God Demon, conspiracies and plots had no real effect.

They thought they had won, but as long as they weren't dead, once Ming Yue proved his Dao to become a God Demon, the opposition would just be clowns.

Even the Eldest Prince Consort, at the peak of her power, was considering sacrificing herself for her son's throne.

Emperor Xuan turned a blind eye to this; no matter who won, it wouldn't be a loss for Emperor Xuan.

If Zhao Zhongqing won, everything would develop according to his plan.

If Ming Yue won, he would consolidate the power of the Heavenly Family Zhao, Jiangyong Wu, and Nanqing Zhou Family, further bound by his ties to a God Demon.

Unfortunately, Emperor Xuan didn't expect that Ming Yue had no intention of playing these power games with him; instead, he intended to break the stalemate with brute force.

For any problem, he would simply bring Little White and declare with authority that his master was a God Demon.

They had their rules; Ming Yue had his own play style. Why should his approach be limited by their rules?

"I wonder if the Five Main Meridians and Eight Veins law are the same." Qing Feng swallowed.

"They should be different; after all, the Three Strange Books came first, followed by the combination of the Five Main Meridians and Eight Veins law." Ming Yue shook his head, not knowing these things.

He hadn't recognized or returned to the Zhao family, so how could he know about the Zhao family's clan-preserving Cultivation Technique?

"The Five Main Meridians and Eight Veins law is different. If we really took it, it would lead to endless battles with us, unlike the Three Strange Books."

Ming Yue understood that it was difficult for others, but for the two of them, it wasn't much of a problem.

If someone tried to snatch it, it would be no problem; just copy a version of the "Xuantian Treasure Record" for them.

Major powers were cautious of God Demons and wouldn't dare make a move. Only unaffiliated individuals or small groups unaware of their own standing would think themselves seamless in action.

And these forces, even if they got the Three Strange Books, couldn't decipher them without an ancient text translation.

In contrast, the Five Main Meridians and Eight Veins law belonged to entities with owners, and these entities had a God Demon supporting them.

"Since it can't be used as an ingredient, let's forget it." Qing Feng didn't have much interest in these Cultivation Techniques, more interested in whether they were edible.

"How long do you need to break through to the Innate Realm?" Ming Yue asked.

"Not so soon; it's not like eating or drinking. We've just broken through to the Postnatal Realm not long ago; it'll take at least a few more months." Qing Feng was speechless, wondering why Ming Yue thought his progress would be so fast.

"What a pity; I was planning for you to play dumb and surprise them." Ming Yue said regretfully.

"With our behavior, even villains aren't as arrogant as we are—how could that protagonist tactic of playing dumb then surprising be useful?" Qing Feng felt Ming Yue had no real understanding of his own role.

"That makes sense. In this way, those sudden power boosts and critical breakthroughs might not be possible, leaving only the option of overpowering higher levels." Ming Yue sighed.

Currently, the situation was that the two of them could, with mid-third-grade Postnatal Realm strength, overpower cultivators in the higher third-grade Five Qi Chaoyuan Realm.

As protagonists, nurtured by top-tier Cultivation Techniques and abundant resources, if they couldn't even achieve that, they might as well quit.

With such good education, if they could only manage a half-decent fight within the same realm, then Qing Feng's and Ming Yue's efforts would be in vain.

...

Gu Shanhai swung the Seven-star Whip in his hand, as the whip lashed through the air, creating a tremendous explosion.

"Not bad, this thing is quite good." Gu Shanhai was quite satisfied with it; it wasn't in vain that he had spent so long crafting it.

He hadn't been continuously crafting the Seven-star Whip, but only working on it occasionally while researching a page of the Time History Book during his downtime, even though downtime shouldn't entail work.

"Peeping Dao Stage is really tricky."

Taking back the Seven-star Whip, Gu Shanhai felt a headache coming on.

This stage didn't originally exist but was something Gu Shanhai added for completeness.

"Using a page from the Time History Book as raw material isn't a problem; it's just that the raw material is too challenging to study."

Gu Shanhai knew that if he succeeded, his power could advance further; the way forward was simply to expand his world.

The research direction was clear: focusing on space and time.

But these two directions had always been his weak points.

Not that space and time were weak, but the cost was too high, and the research difficulty was substantial.

For Gu Shanhai, it wasn't worthwhile.

At his scale, many spatial strengths were hardly thicker than paper, and time abilities outright didn't affect him.

Applying time abilities to a world—didn't it sound absurd?

Moreover, within him existed fundamentals like spatial law and time law, which clearly had a perfected set of rules to ensure functions like the rise and fall of the sun and moon, and the cycle of life and death.

However, Gu Shanhai had prohibited many functions, yes, he could prohibit them, but any problems would have to be borne by himself.

"The things contained within this page of the Time History Book must be extraordinary."

"At least one thing is certain: each page of the Time History Book is forged from a world."

"The raw material for the page I hold, the world involved surely wasn't small, larger at least compared to the previous world before it was shattered."

"Who could have executed such grand work?"

Gu Shanhai had arrived at this conclusion after deep research, fortunate that his form was a world. Otherwise, as a previous nameless entity or mere world embryo, he wouldn't necessarily discern it.

"Thinking about it this way, could this thing belong to a corpse of my kind?" Gu Shanhai's thoughts jumped, suddenly realizing this.

"If I use it as breakthrough material, doesn't it mean I'm consuming corpses?"

"Hiss~"

Gu Shanhai couldn't help but take a cold breath, then realized: "It doesn't seem to matter much. I've already consumed two and a half worlds; to further process a dead world isn't much of a concern."

"Ah wait, am I really that monstrous?" For a moment, Gu Shanhai didn't know what to say, reflecting that the taste of worlds was indeed quite good.

"Next time during a mission with Shura, maybe I should try some fresh taste."

It's not about Gu Shanhai being greedy, but if he breaks through to the Peeping Dao Stage, he would definitely need a large amount of nutrients. And since the current world can't be consumed, the next mission will have to make sacrifices.